The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-01-13
$1,000 for tho purpose Indicated. An early ap-
preparation will DO asked for their reimburse.

The report OF the commissioners will advise
You OF I'LL details respecting the location of the
institution, the construction and equipment Of
it'll buildings and the organization OF the school,
heartily and confidently commend to your fos-
tcring care this young institution, believing
that in tie near future it will demonstrate lts
great possibilities for good. As most worthy
public charity, as a certain agency OF moral re-
torn and as an undoubted inca sure Of public
generous consideration.
The estimate of appropriation required for the
immediate future of the institution are as fol-
For current expenses balance of fiscal
For reimbursement Of citizens Of DIVA. ~
For deficiency and incidentals. ......... 5000
Fer current expenses 1885,. .......... 10000
For current expenses 1885,. $4,000
For new buildings Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
REFORM SCHOOL.
The reform school had under its care, July 81,
1Sl inmates. During the two years there were
committed to the institution 1853, and dis
charged therefrom 90. The expenses CT MAIN
tenance were $29,467.03 for 1855 aud 3d.
the board OF managers. Forty Thousand dollars
for expenses and s., 900 for repairs per annum
are the estimates for tho next two years. There
is little to criticise and much to commend in
the management OF the institution It it MAIN
tains in the future a record consistent with its
past history. it will not fall short OF full &C.
cOnplishment Of its mission. Additional ao-
Communications are required at this institution
bus before appropriations are made for the pur-
pose OF increasing them, would suggest the
advisability Of 4 change of location. The growth
of population in the vicinity OF the school has a
ds:racting influence upon it's inmates, which is
likely to develop into serious hlndrance to its
successful management. The property the in
stitution occupies has become very valuable
and could doubtless be sold for sum sufficient
to purchase an eligible site elsewhere, and erect
thereon suitable buildings sufficient for its use
Tor several years to come.
INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUNE, THE
BLIND AND THE FEEBLE-N1NDED.
Tho administration of that most beneflcent
public charity. the state institution for defective
children, embracing the schools for the deaf and
dumb for the blind and for the ble-m1nded,
is characterized, as heretofore, by ability, etfi
cheney and an Intelligent economy. During the
past year there have been in attendance 157
pupils in the school for the deaf and dumb. SO
predetermined. For admission to the latter
there are now on file seventy applications In ex-
cess OF accommodations furnished by the pres
ent buildings, and the board OF directors the,e-
fore ask for an appropriation for their ENLARGE
ment The estimates submitted for further ap-
preparations are as follows:
For construction and furnishing Gus
todlal buildings, school for feeble
For completion Of present building.
laundry. boiler house, steam heating,
For purchase Of land ....:............:. $500
For current expenses, 1888 ..... 90, 900
Disbursements on account Of the institute t the
past two years were:
Additional building, feeble minded $4,000 90
Additional building, deaf and dumb 10000 90
Gurrsnt EXPENSES, 1855. e599 9 IS IS
Current expenses, 1856. ........... G4,6G7 50
Total. .$l72,5o7 SO
Full Information respecting the organization,
RI isavo Dto.
nlst'ed by the reports OF their respective SUPER
intcndents and the board of directors A con-
tlnuance OF The liberal policy the state has here
to:ore exercised toward this institute believe
to be warranted by the character and the results
OF its work.
INSANE HOSPITALS
At the end of the last fiscal year there were
1,l'9 patients under treatment in the two in
sane hospitals Of the state, s74 at St. Peter and
6Oj 1t Rochester. an increase Of ESQ since the
last biennial report of the trustees There was
expended for the maintenance CT the insane
S223,9 0o.7l in 1855, and SOS. G96.97 in 1856,
two institutions 81 L. GA IL for the two years.
The estimated requirements for the next BIZ
cnniai period are as follows:
New doubled detached ward, $5O.OOO
demonstrating of central
Improye1nents and repairs: $ii4..5ioo 1850
current EXPENSES isss::: 1e3 $500 1s3:9 93S
Current expenses, 1889. 1G3S 800 l3l.o4O
Total. $347, 100 1906, $50
The extension contemplated In these esti-
mates will give a maximum capacity for the
care Of 1000 patients. sufficient to meet prob
able requirements for three years to come. 1t is
assumed that the third hospital, the location CT
which IS provided for in chapter 16l of the
cupancy in part by the time this class Of popu-
lation shall exceed the number stated
,, The CAPACITY Of the state prison has been en-
at a cost Of $4,000. 1t now affords rccommo,
dation for 600 inmates. The population of the
institution numbered 3sG at the date OF the in
spectors report July 81. 1856, which has been
Increased to 4O7 since that time.
Ihe current expenses were $65,O18.3Q in
1882 Snd g in 1 e% ana the earnings
respectively. The net per capita cost of main
t. tanning the convicts has been reduced iron,
500. 70 in 1881 to $40 SO in 1856.
come are; Expenses. $4,000 and $4,000:
earnings. $4,000 and $4,000. An inventory
Ct the property OF the prison, real and personal.
Including SOB 600 net loss by the fire of Janu-
arv. 1854 me INSPECTORS report the "institu-
lion out OF debt. with no deficiency or special
appropriation to be asked for"
The present capacity Of the prison will proba-
bly, be sufficient to meet the requirements of the
state in this regard until accommodations are
provided in the second state prison contemplate
ed by chapter 157 OF the General Laws OF 1885,
believe 1t to be the sentiment OF the people
OF the state that the new prison should bear the
character OF reformatory rather than of a
prison proper. large proportion of the inmates
OF our prison are young men sentenced for their
hrst oitense and serving short terms: They do
not belong to tho criminal classes. They arc not
welded to evil ways. and are susceptible to in
fuences that would win them back to all honest
course Of life Their association with profess
ma that follows taefn when discharged. influence
1or evil their after life. If committed to a re-
1ormatory, where their surroundings would su2-
Them and where their term of service would b
made dependent on their good conduct and
manifest disposition to abandon evil ways, it
nature, and they would go forth again among
their fellow-men hopeful and determined,
An adoption Of this policy would involve such
mod1ncatlons In the penal code as would per-
nit 1ndetermtnate sentences, and provide for
conditional discharges from the institution. Il
ing results.
SOLDIERS HoME.
Tho Minnesota department Of the Grand Army
OF the Republic at its last annual encamp.aent
appointed committee to present to your body
the Subject OF the establishment Of = home for
state. and of temporary provision for the re-
ilet OF such veterans al might not wish to be-
come occupants Of q soldiers home. Idesire to
supplement- the appeal of that committee by the
expression of an earnest hope that the necessary
appropriation will BIO made by your body to
carry out the objects specified. There is no OBJ
llgatlon more sacred or binding upon the peo-
pie OF this country than that ample provision
should be made for the care and comfort in their
declining years Of the veterans Of the late war;
who from disability or misfortune become needy
or dependent. The adjutaut general in his re-
port cites cases Of disabled soldiers who are now
cared tor in some of our county poorhouses
This 1s . discredit to the honor and patriotism
OF Minnesota It is unworthy Of the proud rec
ord these veterans made for our scate during the
war The Grand Army OF the Republic ask not
Tor charity for their comrades but rather for